Mental Health

Workers on Chevron's Gorgon LNG project off Western Australia's north-west coast will vote this week on whether to walk off the job, after they failed to secure a more family-friendly roster in a new enterprise agreement.

Australia's peak cycling body is tackling the top fear of female riders - road safety - as part of a campaign to get them back on two wheels along with the groups of so-called MAMILS (middle-aged men in lycra).

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A South Australian Senator says governments need to do more to offer greater regional mental health services. The Garvan Research Foundation this week released a report found that regional people are living shorter lives and more likely to die from diseases than their city counterparts. The report also found there was a greater proportion of rural people dealing mental health problems than in the city. Greens Senator Penny Wright says the report is further proof more mental health funding is needed in regional areas.

A backlog of mentally ill patients waiting for beds in two of Perth's busiest emergency departments is due to "the most complex" mental health case Mental Health Minister Helen Morton says she has ever seen.

Australian research finds some drugs commonly prescribed for people who compulsively pull out their own hair are not as effective as previously thought and social support groups may be more important in treating symptoms.

Young people who have a parent with cancer report feeling more distressed than those with the disease themselves, research shows, as youth charity CanTeen calls for more support for cancer's "forgotten faces".